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Thurston judge OKs pause in Eyman lawsuit
Thurston County Superior Court Judge Richard Hicks has granted the state’s request to pause further proceedings in initiative activist Tim Eyman’s court challenge of the Secretary of State’s policy of releasing initiative petitions under terms of the Public Records Act. Hicks agreed with a motion brought by a senior official of the Attorney General’s Office, Deputy ... MORE »
Thurston County Superior Court Judge Richard Hicks has granted the state’s request to pause further proceedings in initiative activist Tim Eyman’s court challenge of the Secretary of State’s policy of releasing initiative petitions under terms of the Public Records Act. Hicks agreed with a motion brought by a senior official of the Attorney General’s Office, Deputy ... MORE »
Didyaknow?…
… that you can find real gold in our State Capitol? (To be fair though, there’s so little of it that I used to tell tour groups there is more gold in my grandma’s teeth than in the capitol!) In the State Reception room hang six red French velvet curtains with a gold State Seal in the center. ... MORE »
… that you can find real gold in our State Capitol? (To be fair though, there’s so little of it that I used to tell tour groups there is more gold in my grandma’s teeth than in the capitol!) In the State Reception room hang six red French velvet curtains with a gold State Seal in the center. ... MORE »
Found it in the Archives
What can you find in the State Archives? You may be surprised… Our Archives team was going through former Governor Albert Rosellini’s papers and spotted this: Sunday is the 46th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dallas.
What can you find in the State Archives? You may be surprised… Our Archives team was going through former Governor Albert Rosellini’s papers and spotted this: Sunday is the 46th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dallas.
`Counting on fairness’: Governing mag award for Reed
Secretary of State Sam Reed has been honored by Governing magazine as one of the country’s best public officials. Reed, a three-term statewide official who also spent more than 20 years as Thurston County’s Auditor, was lauded at a dinner in Washington, D.C., Thursday night for his even-handed role in the nation’s closest gubernatorial election in ... MORE »
Secretary of State Sam Reed has been honored by Governing magazine as one of the country’s best public officials. Reed, a three-term statewide official who also spent more than 20 years as Thurston County’s Auditor, was lauded at a dinner in Washington, D.C., Thursday night for his even-handed role in the nation’s closest gubernatorial election in ... MORE »
Reed promotes regional presidential primaries for 2012
Secretary of State Reed is ramping up efforts to persuade the national political parties to reform the country’s “dysfunctional” system of picking our White House nominees. Reed and the National Association of Secretaries of State are hoping the parties will replace the current free-for-all system of increasingly early primaries with a more rational system of rotating ... MORE »
Secretary of State Reed is ramping up efforts to persuade the national political parties to reform the country’s “dysfunctional” system of picking our White House nominees. Reed and the National Association of Secretaries of State are hoping the parties will replace the current free-for-all system of increasingly early primaries with a more rational system of rotating ... MORE »
This Day In Washington State History
November 21, 1969
Ex-Mariner Ken Griffey Jr. was born today in Donora, Pennsylvania. Griffey played with the Mariners from 1987 to 1996 and was the 7th youngest player to hit the 200 home run mark. He won several community service awards also.
Ex-Mariner Ken Griffey Jr. was born today in Donora, Pennsylvania. Griffey played with the Mariners from 1987 to 1996 and was the 7th youngest player to hit the 200 home run mark. He won several community service awards also.
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